A father and son from Minnesota who went missing in the Colorado mountains are presumed dead, according to grieving family members and friends.

The search near Echo Lake for Damian McManus, 51, and Evan McManus, 18, of St. Louis Park, Minn., was called off Wednesday by search teams after four fruitless days.

A Facebook page — “Missing: Damian and Evan McManus” — with more than 5,400 members and “made to raise awareness for the safe return of Damian and Evan McManus” now has posts memorializing the father and son.

“Please know, that Evan and Damian are in heaven,” wrote Tom Ritten, a family friend. “They left us together and are in heaven together.”

The pair were in Colorado on a spring vacation, driving and making stops along the way. Cellphone data put them just south of Echo Lake on April 2.

Their vehicle was found in an Echo Lake parking lot Sunday, and searchers began looking for them in rugged country around 10,600 feet in elevation.

Kieran Nicholson covers breaking news for The Denver Post. He started at the Post in 1986, at the old building on 15th and California streets. Nicholson has covered a variety of beats including suburbs, courts, crime and general assignment.

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